I will try to make my first post: with photos.I bought 5 fem WW seeds from a dispensary in the next town. I wanted to practice before trying over seas seed.I used a different germination process for each. They were germinated 12/3-12/5. The fist photo is a mark on the leaf that I think the light made touching itI will try photos now.

Same thing happened to me a couple a grows ago. The roots weren't half as developed as I thought. Switched to clear cups, then remembered, light kills roots. Inserted clear cups into red ones. Now the roots are protected from light, but I can see their progress when necessary. It allows me to up-pot at the proper time.

i consider seeding stage ending and veg starting when the stem starts hardening up and turning green, instead of that floppy pinkish/purple thing it has at the start. not sure if there is a standard rule for counting veg days

There is a document put out by the International Hemp Assoc. (a few posts up) that attempts to clarify just this issue. I think their slant is on trying to up harvest of Hemp, but the information is clearly applicable. Some of it seems overly complicated (putting numbers on nodes, etc), but their efforts are for increasing industrial production on a global scale. I like what I see.